Ms. Masonic Constitutions (Or Charges) No. 5.

and found the Science written thereupon , and he taught to other men ; And att the makeing of ( the Tower of Babylon , there was the Craft off Masonry first . found , and made much of ; And the King of Babylon who was called Nimbroth was a Mason hhnselfe and loved well the craftand is soe

, reported of byMastes of the Stories ; And when the Citty of Ninevy and other Citties of the East should be Built Nimbroth tho . King of Babylon sent thither Sixty Masons att the desire of the King of Ninevey his cosen , and when they went forth he

gave them a Charge on this manne ( viz ) : Nbnbroth ' s Thatt they should serve the arge ' Lord truely for his payment , and thatt they should be true one to another , and that they should Live truely together soe he might have Worship for sending

them to him , and other charges he gave ym . Moreover when Abraham and Sarah his wife went intoe Egypt , and there taught the seaven Liberal ! Sciences to the Egyptians , and he had a worthy Schole called Euclide , and he learned right well , and was Maste of all the Seaven Liberal ! Sciences . And it befell in his days thatt the Lords and State of the Realm had soe many Sons ,

thatt they had begotten , some by their Wives , and some by other Ladyes of thatt Realme ; For that Land is whole layd and a replenished Generation , and they had nott Liveing competent for their children , wherfor- they made much sorrow . And the King of thatt Land Assembled a great Councill

at a Parliamt to know they might mentain their children , and they could finde no good way , soe they caused a cry to be made throughout the Realm , if there were any man thatt could inform him , thatt he should come unto himand he should be well

re-, warded for his Travel ! , and should hold hhnselfe well pleased . After this cry was made , came this worthy Clark Euclide and said to the King and all his Greatt Lords—If you will give me yoe children to govern and teach them honestly

as Gentlemen should be taught under condition thatt you will grant them and me a Commission thatt I may have Power to rule them honestly , as thatt Science ought to be ruled , and the King with his Councill granted them anon and sealed them that

Commission , and the worthy Docte took to him the Lord's sons and taught them the Science of Geometrie in practice for to work in stones all manne of work thatt

belonged to building of Castles , all manne of Courts , Temples and Churches with all other Buildings , and he gave them a Charge in this manne . Euclydes First that they should ho Charges in true unto the King—and to the Egypt- Lord they servedand thatt

, they should live well together , and be true one to another , and thatt they should call one another Fellow , and nott servant nor Iris knave , nor other foul names ; and that they should truely serve for their payment to their Lord thatt they serve ; and thatt they should

ordain the wisest of them to be Maste of the said Lord's work , and neither for Love great Lineage nor Liveing nor Riches to sett any other thatt had little cunning for to be Maister of the Lord's work , whereby the Lord should be ill servedand they ashamed ;

, and thatt they should call the Governe of the work Maste of the -work while they wrought with him , and many other charges which were too long to tell . And to all the Charges he made them

swear thatt great Oath thatt men used att thatt time to swear , and ordered for . them Reasonable paymt that they might live by work honestly ; and alsoe that they coino and assemble themselves together , thatt they might have Councill in their Crafte , how they might worke best to serve their

Lord for his proffit and worship , and thus was the craft of Geometrie grounded there ; and thatt they correct themselves if they had trespassed , and that worthy Masto Euclide gave it the name of Geometrie , and it is called Masonry throughout all the

land ever since . Long after , the children of Israeli were come intoe the land of Bless ; and it is now amongst us " called the country of Jerusalem . King David began the Temple of Jerusalem , which with them is called Tenvplum Domini ; And the same

King David loved Masons very well and cherished them , and gave them good paymt ; And he gave them the charge and mannos as he had it out of Egypt given by Euclide , and other charges thatt you shall hear afterwards .

And after the decease of King David , Solomon thatt was Son to David performed 1 st Ks . C . S . out the Temple thatt his V . 15 16 . father had begun , and sent after Masons of diverse Lands , and gathered them together , soe thatt they had fourscore Thousand Workers of Stone . Aud they were named Masons , and three Thousand